Editors' Introduction

HoW just can't seem to shake the trans-Atlantic habit. Recently, we were on a train between Milan and Venice. We got in an empty compartment on one of the cars, the sort of compartment like in A Hard Day's Night. more

The Question Mark Campaign: The Flash Movies of "Stranger" - a HoW Interview

It's obvious that the Saddam 'threat' was spun out of thin air, and its purpose was twofold--first, to divert attention from how far south this country has gone since the Supreme Court's decision, and to preserve the perception of Bush as a strong wartime president. I got annoyed at seeing the mainstream media ignoring the economy, the scandal and the poverty that Bush has wrought in favor of more war--it just seemed that war was pushing everything that mattered out of the way. more

Against the Counter-Culture; or, If That's The "Counter-Culture," Then What The Hell Is Culture? - Dave Zauhar

Allen Ginsberg is in fact, an embodiment of culture, having been in his lifetime a purveyor of some of the best stuff that had been thought and said in his world. So too, in our time, are innumerable painters, sculptors, musicians, DJ's, filmmakers, actors, and so forth. The real counter-culture, the real enemy of human creativity, is the bureaucratic, corporate state, and its tools, that wishes to restrict our access to the fruits of human creativity. more

The Popular Press: Anniversary Reflections - Jeff Purdue

Some have suggested that the recent push for war against Iraq has something to do with the current president's father--whether through an excess of filial piety or some bizarre Oedipal drama on the part of G.W. Bush is left unexplained. Either explanation is patently absurd. more

In Praise of Godard: An Idyll on a Review by Anthony Lane - Corydon and Battus

In some piece of early criticism, Godard noted his own contradictory attraction to the "Mystery and fascination of the American cinema. . . . How can I hate John Wayne upholding Goldwater and yet love him when abruptly he takes Natalie Wood in his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?" more